In the beginning of February 2021, the European Commission launched a new phase of the Clean Energy for EU Islands Secretariat. In this second phase, the Secretariat will build on...
The new cycle of European green city awards has seen 30 cities from across Europe competing to become Europe’s next European Green Capital and European Green Leaf Award winners. Sixteen...
As part of its project shaping activities, the Smart Cities Marketplace is now offering a Masterclass in developing a good smart city strategy. Aim of this format is to provide...
What should beautiful, sustainable and inclusive places be like? The New European Bauhaus initiative opens a dialogue between cities and communities around those questions and offers a series of online...
Have your say and participate in the online survey carried out by Valdani Vicari & Associati (VVA) and Grimaldi Studio Legale on behalf of the European Commission DG ENER. The...
Increased citizen control of personal data in a ‘European Way’ could increase, rather than limit, the amount of data available for the greater good of society and the economy. This...
Emissions reductions, improved health, better air quality, and new employment opportunities are only a few examples of the 'multiple impacts of energy efficiency'. What are other ancillary benefits of energy...
London, Lisbon, Milan, Bordeaux, Burgas and Warsaw have triggered investment of €250 million in smart technologies driving the shift to greener and energy efficient cities as part of the EU’s...
In their jointly organised webinar on January 28th, the Covenant of Mayors and the Smart Cities Marketplace discussed the needs of cities and what investors are looking for when considering...
The cities Thessaloniki (Greece) and Le Havre (France) are on a voyage towards increased citizen participation and digitisation of public administration. Within the framework of the Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC)...
Every month, BUILD UP highlights publications covering a specific topic. The topic of the month February is ‘ Building operation and smart buildings’. The motivation behind this inititiative is to...
The first in a series of three masterclasses was held last week by the Smart Cities Marketplace in cooperations with the Celsius Initiative. It focuses on financing of District Energy...
Tartu has always been a city of good thoughts, being the location of the national university and its students. A beautiful city with a river, a broad array of art...
The soon to be launched call of the European Research Area Networks (ERA-NETs) on Cofund Urban Transformation Capacities welcomes a broad range of research and innovation projects that enable capacity...
Launched during the CITYxCITY Festival (13 – 15 January 2021), the platform “living-in.eu” is aimed at creating the conditions to upscale digital solutions in European cities and communities. Those conditions...
The EIT Urban Mobility launched its first MOOC, beginning the series of the online courses with a module about designing the cycling city. The focus is set on designing environments...
On January 27th, 2021, the Smart Cities Marketplace will launch its new Initiative “Citizen Control of Personal Data” within the Citizen Focus Action Cluster. We kindly invite you to join...
The Innovate UK funded project Park and Charge started in October 2019 with the aim to use existing car parks in close proximity to residences of EV owners in order...
This document aims to help fast-tracking financially viable smart climate-neutral urban projects in an integrated and inclusive way. It provides a roadmap for this purpose, which summarises the different stages...
Energy decentralisation and intelligent mobility are key tools for harmonising the world’s population density, says Ricardo Poeta, co-lead of the IMET initiative in an interview with his colleagues. Ricardo looks...
